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CTT National Hillclimb Championships
The course was a return to the short, sharp and steep school of climbing compared to the longer "Road" climb of the Cat and Fiddle used in 2002. The mile and bit ascent began with a couple of hundred yards of gradient at about one in seven and a right hand bend between very high stone walls, before briefly relaxing then ramping into a tight, steep left hander. This corner then led riders up a long steepening straight with a fierce hairpin to the right which again took the gradient up to maybe one in five. A short straight at this gradient then led into a left hander again and then the course ran out through a couple of smoother corners at gentler gradient, before a merciless finishing straight, which although not excessively steep, seemed to go on forever between high stone walls. The weather was bitterly cold for early starters and hardly any better for the final riders approaching twelve noon. Thankfully the rain of Saturday didn't return and there was little or no wind, so conditions were actually pretty much perfect.
It was some 30 minutes later that Life Repair's Ben Greenwood posted a time of 5:50.1 to take the lead. Ten minutes later, Tim Bayley of Arctic Shorter Rochford RT then shaved another couple of seconds off the fastest time with 5:48.1, only for David Clarke of Team Endurasport.com.principia to take a further ten seconds off ten minutes later. David's time proved much more durable and withstood attacks for over an hour from some of the best riders in the field, including hill record holder Ian Stott, who was three seconds slower. Indeed it took the favourite for the event, Jim Henderson, to finally crack Clark's time and he did it in style. Riding fixed and looking smooth and controlled throughout, Henderson soared up the climb in a time of 5m 19.2 seconds to take an amazing 19 seconds off Clark's time. Henderson's greatest threat was last man and defending champion Mark Lovatt, king of domestic road racing, but a rider who prefers longer, wearing climbs to short, sharp shocks like this hill. Lovatt was encouraged all the way to the top by the large crowd who had gathered on the slopes, but he simply couldn't match Henderson's remarkable effort, though he did just slip inside Clark's time by half a second. So, Henderson picked up his fifth crown, taking him ahead of chris Boardman who has four, equal to Sturat Dangerfield, and just one behind Huddersfield legend Granville Sydney, who won the title six times during the sixties and seventies. Earlier in the day, Ruth Dorrington took the women's title with a fine
ride, recording a time of 8:43.3 7 More Pages of Photos >>>> 1. Jim Henderson Southport CC 5:19.2
2. Mark Lovatt Life Repair CRT 5:38.2
3. David Clarke Team Endurasport.com.principia 5:38.9
4. Dave Coulson J.E James RT 5:39.7
5. Ian Stott Blackburn & District CTC 5:41.9
6. Danny Axford Oxford University CC 5:44.6
7. James Dobbin Arctic Shorter Rochford RT 5:46.6
8. Tim Bayley Arctic Shorter Rochford RT 5:48.1
9. Ben Greenwood Life Repair CRT 5:50.1
10. Adrian Bird Arctic Shorter Rochford RT 5:55.4
11. Prasad Prasad Scotoil Multisport RT 5:59.1
12. Tony Kelly Addiscombe CC 5:59.2
13. Martin Ford Principia RT 5:59.4
14. Richard Hepworth V.S Cycles age 16 6:00.5
(Junior Champion)
15. Robert English Southport CC 6:08.5
16. Nathan Turnbull Leigh Premier RC 6:10.9
17. Matthew Goodes De Laune CC 6:11.2
18. Dave Ebbrell Blackburn & District CTC 6:11.3
19. Matt Melville VC St Raphael 6:12.8
20. Ben Roberts Scarborough Paragon CC 6:13.3
21. Tim Gill Aire Valley RT 6:15.1
22. Peter Greenwood Clayton VC C 6:15.6
23. Sam Ward Otley CC 6:15.7
24. David Law Arctic Shorter Rochford RT 6:15.9
25. Richard Binks Huddersfield RC 6:16.3
26. Keith Flory Fibrax Wrexham RC 6:18.6
27. John Hey West Pennine RC 6:20.3
28. K Sturd-Backhouse Cambridge CC 6:22.8
29. Andrew Peat Solihull CC 6:27.9
30. Carl Helliwell Blackburn & District CTC 6:30.1
31. Steve Walton Cyclestuff A 6:30.3
32. Chris Myhill Southport CC 6:32.1
33. Karl Strugnell Jim Walker RT aged 17 6:37.1
34. Matthew Denby Aire Valley RT 6:37.2
35. Ian Taylor Sunderland Clarion 6:38.6
36. Chris Precious Team Velocity 6:40.1
37. Stephen Davies Fibrax Wrexham RC 6:41.2
38. Stewart House Arctic Shorter Rochford RT 6:42.2
39. David Shackleton Hull Thursday RC 6:42.9
40. John Ealing Rossendale RC 6:43.1
41. James Roberts Halifax Racing Club 6:43.7
42. Ivan Jordan Jim Walker RT 6:45.8
43. Ian S Kenworthy Oldham Century RC 6:46.8
44. Phil Grimes Huddersfield Star Wheelers B 6:47.5
45. Mark J Turnbull Leigh Premier RC 6:48.7
46. Adam Blythe Sheffield Phoenix CC age 14 6:49.4
47. James Taylor Border City Wheelers 6:50.1
48. Harvey Schofield Derby Mercury RC 6:52.8
49. Mark A Flynn Oldham Century RC 6:54.4
50. Mark R Arnold apibikes.com 6:54.9
51. Andy Whitworth Huddersfield RC 6:55.2
52. James Shaw Cycleweb.co.uk/Synergy 6:55.4
53. Matthew Payne Bob Jackson RT 6:56.7
54. Tony Grassby Dinnington RC 6:57.6
55. William Belcher Clayton VC A 6:57.8
56. David Boughton Coventry RC 7:00.0
57. Chris Lea Buxton CC A 7:01.9
58. Andy Marshall V.S Cycles 7:02.2
59. Cameron Turner Richmond & Darlington CC 7:03.6
60. Robert Pollen Ashley Touring Club 7:04.1
61. Dave Micklethwaite Sowerby Brothers CRT 7:06.9
62. Liam Holohan Knaresborough RT 15 7:07.3
63. Gez Taylor Coventry CC 7:08.0
64. Dave Collinge Blackburn & District CTC 7:08.2
65. Ben Green Manchester Wheelers 7:09.4
66. Alexander Rowe Cycleweb.co.uk/Synergy 7:09.9
67. Owen Mitton Huddersfield RC 7:14.0
68. Andrew McCann Ribble Valley CRC 7:14.0
69. Paul A Murphy Tyneside Vagabonds CC 7:15.5
70. Peter Middlebrooke Otley CC 7:18.7
71. Andrew Waddington Swindon RC 7:23.0
72. Stephen Robinson Sowerby Brothers CRT 7:23.6
73. Paul Laluvein Twickenham CC 7:24.7
74. Simon Foster North Notts Olympic CC 7:24.9
75. Brian Jennings Halifax Racing Club A 7:26.1
76. Stephen Butterworth Warrington RC 7:26.3
77. Ian Shapiro Oxford University CC 7:26.7
78. Daniel G Hopkins Hitchin Nomads 7:26.8
79. Richard Birkin Ashfield RC 7:27.8
80. Matthew J Muir Lancaster CC 7:30.3
81. Graham Painter Chelmer CC 7:30.6
82. Matthew Fenton City RC (Hull) aged 16 7:31.3
83. Scott Walker Sowerby Brothers CRT 7:34.2
84. Andrew Walsh Birkenhead North End CC 7:36.2
85. Mike Huspith Godric CC A 7:37.3
86. Nigel Bennett Meanwood Wheelers B 7:42.9
87. Craig Drake ABC Centreville aged 16 7:43.6
88. Mark Cook Bedfordshire Road CC 7:45.2
89. Phil Leigh Life Repair CRT A 7:47.7
90. Tim J Dolphin North Road CC 7:57.9
91. John Cieslik Abbotsford Park RC 8:00.0
92. Chris Edmundson Blackburn & District CTC 8:01.2
93. Kevan Shuttleworth Holme Valley Wheelers A 8:04.3
94. Pete Round Condor RC 8:07.0
95. Lee Cairns Pete Read Racing 8:10.9
96. Tom Eckers Welwyn Wheelers age 17 8:13.7
97. Anthony Mayer Halifax Imperial Wheelers 8:14.8
98. Graham Morris Morley CC 8:15.4
99. Kevin Hesketh Ribble Valley CRC B 8:16.3
100. Ian Wilson Kettering CC B 8:20.6
101. Steve Morris Team Spirit A 8:29.1
102. Paul J Morris Keighley RC C 8:32.3
103. Ken Roberts Lancaster CC C 8:32.6
104. Steven Gully Halifax Imperial Wheelers 8:36.3
105. Alex Ran Oxford University CC 8:39.4
106. Ruth Dorrington Pete Read Racing (Woman) 8:43.3
(Ladies Champion)
107. Marian Hesketh Ribble Valley CRC (Woman/V) 8:48.3
108. Rebecca MiddlebrookeOtley CC (Woman) 9:06.1
109. Samantha van Gerbig Oxford University CC (Woman) 9:13.4
110. Andrew Waters Airedale Olympic B 9:14.3
111. Sean Williams Janus Road Club age 14 9:16.5
112. Leda Cox Letchworth VC (Woman) 9:19.0
113. Sean Dean Southport CC age 16 9:24.0
114. Paul Brierley Huddersfield RC 9:32.2
115. Trevor Pain North Hampshire RC 9:35.5
116. Jonathan Poole Ashley Touring Club A 9:43.5
117. Geoffrey Southworth Ashley Touring Club B 9:56.3
118. Karen Jane Glynn Bob Jackson RT W 10:00.1
119. Lee Watson Brough Wheelers 10:12.6
120. Georgina Rowson Macclesfield Wheelers (Woman) 10:34.9
121. Denise Shackleton Halifax Racing Club (Woman) 10:35.1
122. Jahan Hunter Ashley Touring Club age 17 10:48.1
123. Natalie Gobeau Buxton CC (Woman) 11:39.4
124. Jak Kenton-Spraggan Dataphonics RT age 17 12:14.1
Provisional Team Result
1. Arctic Shorter Rochford RT 17:30.1
James Dobbin, Tim Bayley, Adrian Bird
2. Southport CC 17:59.8
Jim Henderson, Robert English , Chris Myhill
3. Blackburn & District CTC 18:23.3
Ian Stott, Dave Ebbrell, Carl Helliwell
4. Life Repair CRT 19:16.0
Mark Lovatt, Ben Greenwood, Phil Leigh
5. Huddersfield RC 20:25.5
Richard Binks, Andy Whitworth, Owen Mitton
6. Oxford University CC 21:50.7
Danny Axford , Ian Shapiro, Alex Ran
7. Sowerby Brothers CRT 22:04.7
Dave Micklethwaite, Stephen Robinson, Scott Walker
8. Otley CC 22:40.5
Sam Ward, Peter Middlebrooke, Rebecca Middlebrooke
9. Ribble Valley CRC 24:18.6
Andrew McCann, Marian Hesketh, Kevin Hesketh
10. Halifax Racing Club 24:44.9
James Roberts, Brian Jennings, Denise Shackleton
11. Ashley Touring Club 26:43.9
Robert Pollen, Jonathan Poole , Geoffrey Southworth
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Southport
CC's Jim Henderson (left) picked up his fifth national title in six
years at the National Hillclimb Championship at Luddenden, near Halifax,
beating the defending champion Mark Lovatt by an impressive 19 seconds
in the process.
The
early leader was fifth man off James Roberts of the local Halifax Racing
Club with a time of 6m 43.7s. This stood for almost half an hour before
Junior Richard Hepworth (right) smashed it with a time of almost six
minutes dead. This proved good enought to give David the Junior title.